"courage and skill of Mr. Korda in transmitting such a difficult and sobering theme."" Cry, the Beloved Country (1951 film) Cry, the Beloved Country is a 1951 British drama film directed by Zoltán Korda. Based on the novel of the same name by Alan Paton, it stars Canada Lee, Sidney Poitier, and Charles Carson. This film was Canada Lee's last film. From the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo (Canada Lee) journeys to Johannesburg to help his sister, who has been reported to be ill, and to search for his son, who left home and has not"
"articles about Biko. Richard Attenborough's movie ""Cry Freedom"" was based on ""Biko"" and other articles written by Woods. It stars Denzel Washington as Biko and Kevin Kline as Woods. The movie was not banned in South Africa, but the police confiscated copies of it, and theaters showing it were bombed. Biko (book) Biko is a biography about Black Consciousness Movement leader and anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko. It was written by the liberal white South African journalist Donald Woods, a personal friend of Biko. Donald Woods was forced into exile for attempting to expose the truth surrounding Biko’s death. It was"
"at this time were Steve Biko (murdered by police whilst being held in detention in 1977) and Dr. Mamphela Ramphele (Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Town and a Director of the World Bank). Haigh helped banned newspaper editor, Donald Woods, escape from South Africa. His role (played by Australian actor John Hargreaves) in this escape was portrayed in the film, ""Cry Freedom"" produced by Richard Attenborough. Bruce helped a number of other political activists escape from South Africa. Haigh worked in the Australian Embassy in Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 1984. From 1984 to 1986 he was Director"
"healthcare centre and a crèche in the Ginsberg area. During his ban he received repeated anonymous threats, and was detained by state security services on several occasions. Following his arrest in August 1977, Biko was severely beaten by state security officers, resulting in his death. Over 20,000 people attended his funeral. Biko's fame spread posthumously. He became the subject of numerous songs and works of art, while a 1978 biography by his friend Donald Woods formed the basis for the 1987 film ""Cry Freedom"". During Biko's life, the government alleged that he hated whites, various anti-apartheid activists accused him of"
"Escape from Alcatraz (film) Escape from Alcatraz is a 1979 American prison thriller film directed by Don Siegel. It is an adaptation of the 1963 non-fiction book of the same name by J. Campbell Bruce and dramatizes the 1962 prisoner escape from the maximum security prison on Alcatraz Island. The film stars Clint Eastwood, Jack Thibeau and Fred Ward as prisoners Frank Morris, Clarence Anglin and John Anglin. Allen West was played by Larry Hankin; his character's name was changed to Charley Butts. Patrick McGoohan portrays the suspicious, vindictive warden and Danny Glover appears in his film debut. ""Escape from"
"campaigned against apartheid and further publicised Biko's life and death, writing many newspaper articles about him, as well as a book, ""Biko"" (1978). This was made into the 1987 film ""Cry Freedom"" by Richard Attenborough, starring Denzel Washington as Biko. Many film critics and Black Consciousness proponents were concerned that the film foregrounded white characters like Woods over Biko himself, but ""Cry Freedom"" brought Biko's life and activism to a wider audience. The state censors initially permitted its release in South Africa, but after it began screening in the country's cinemas, copies were confiscated by police on the order of"
"Hiding Out Hiding Out is a 1987 American comedy-drama film starring Jon Cryer as a state's witness who is forced to disguise himself as a high school student in order to avoid being killed by the mob. Revealed shortly into the movie, Andrew Morenski (Cryer) and two others, all stockbrokers, have managed to pass bogus bonds for a mobster awaiting trial. After an evening out at a bar, one of the stockbrokers is killed in his home. The next morning, the FBI take the other two into protective custody. After convincing his FBI hosts that he wants breakfast and out"
"a prison escape in 1978, was placed on the FBI’s most-wanted list. The movie's script, loosely based on the Jean Genet play ""The Balcony"", was the work of consummate television writer B. W. Sandefur, who also wrote for such shows as ""Barnaby Jones"", ""Little House on the Prairie"" and ""Charlie's Angels"". The film was shot on location in and around Athens, Georgia in 1973. The film’s biggest star, Shelley Winters, was flown in on a private plane that nearly crashed upon landing. Contemporary reviews for the film were almost unanimously negative, owing to the film's dark racial undercurrents and repeated"
"in Florence for killing a prison guard. His three sons, Donald, Ricky, and Raymond, plotted to break him and his cellmate, Randy Greenawalt, out of prison. On July 30, 1978, the sons entered the prison for a visit, taking advantage of a policy that allowed an informal picnic setting for weekend family visits, carrying an ice chest packed with revolvers and sawed-off shotguns. One of them aimed a sawed-off shotgun at a lobby guard. Greenawalt helped in the escape by cutting off telephones and alarm systems. They escaped in Donald Tison's 1969 Lincoln Continental, but the next day, one of"
"and was screened at other North American cities in 2011 including Vancouver. Cry Danger Cry Danger is a 1951 film noir thriller shot in twenty-two days in Los Angeles. Dick Powell and Rhonda Fleming co-starred. The film was directed by Robert Parrish, a former child star and later editor in his debut as a director. Rocky Mulloy was sentenced to life in prison for a robbery and murder that he did not commit. He is released five years later when an ""eyewitness"", a one-legged ex-Marine named Delong, appears and provides a fake alibi. Delong wants a share of the missing"
"Escape from New York Escape from New York is a 1981 American post-apocalyptic science-fiction action film co-written, co-scored and directed by John Carpenter. The film is set in what was then the near-future year of 1997, in a crime-ridden United States that has converted Manhattan Island in New York City into the country's maximum security prison. When Air Force One is hijacked by terrorists and crashes into New York City, ex-soldier and federal prisoner Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) is given 24 hours to rescue the President of the United States. Carpenter wrote the film in the mid-1970s as a reaction"
"Teddy Roosevelt, who spent an entire summer vacation living out of the historic Hotel Colorado. Doc Holliday, a wild west legend from the O.K. Corral gunfight, spent the final months of his life in Glenwood Springs and is buried in the town's original Pioneer Cemetery above Bennett Avenue. Kid Curry is buried in the same location. Infamous serial killer Ted Bundy was imprisoned in the Glenwood Springs jail until he escaped on the night of December 30, 1977, an escape which went undetected for 17 hours. Glenwood Springs was one of the first places in the United States to have"
"Williams, the book ""Stolen Journey"" by Philpot and the 1950 film ""The Wooden Horse"". There had been escape attempts (one of which inspired the film ""The Wooden Horse"") and many tunnels had been started and discovered before completion. In March 1943, Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Roger Bushell conceived a plan for a mass escape from the North Compound, which took place on the night of 24/25 March 1944. He was being held with the other British and Commonwealth airmen and he was in command of the Escape Committee that managed all escape opportunities from the north compound. Falling back"
"Cry Danger Cry Danger is a 1951 film noir thriller shot in twenty-two days in Los Angeles. Dick Powell and Rhonda Fleming co-starred. The film was directed by Robert Parrish, a former child star and later editor in his debut as a director. Rocky Mulloy was sentenced to life in prison for a robbery and murder that he did not commit. He is released five years later when an ""eyewitness"", a one-legged ex-Marine named Delong, appears and provides a fake alibi. Delong wants a share of the missing loot: $100,000. Rocky insists he was not involved and sets out to"
"album, Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx claimed that the instrumental track ""Nona"" was originally commissioned for this film. Band member Doug Tull has a brief cameo during the chase scene on the stage. Out of Bounds (1986 film) Out of Bounds is a 1986 American action-thriller feature film directed by Richard Tuggle and starring Anthony Michael Hall. Hall portrays Daryl Cage, an Iowa farm boy whose parents send him to live in Los Angeles with his brother. At the airport, Daryl's suitcase full of checkered flannel shirts is switched with one containing a drug kingpin's heroin. The gangster boss has"
"years on several counts of breaking and entering, and upon his release quickly started re-offending. He soon joined a gang with best friend John Daly (future brother-in-law). They were mentored by South Western gang leaders Ernie Watts and Terry Hogan (AKA Harry Booth). Also he did some (criminal?) work with Jimmy White and met Buster Edwards at Charlie Richardson's club. Richardson in turn introduced him to Gordon Goody. After the train heist, Reynolds escaped to Mexico with his wife, Angela, and young son, Nick Reynolds (who later became a member of the band Alabama 3, whose song ""Woke Up This"
"A different version opened in London in 1990. Briley attempted to obtain an injunction, claiming he had paid the King family $200,000 in personality rights. In 1987, Briley again teamed up with Attenborough for ""Cry Freedom"", about the South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko. Briley had disagreements with Donald Woods, the journalist whose books formed the basis of the script. Briley viewed the nonviolence of the Black Consciousness Movement as principled, whereas Woods felt it was a tactical decision. Although Woods feared Briley lacked an awareness of the complexities of political debate among black South Africans, those shown a preview"
"Run Wild, Run Free Run Wild, Run Free is a 1969 British drama film directed by Richard C. Sarafian and starring John Mills and Mark Lester. The film was written by David Rook, based on his novel ""The White Colt"", and shot on location in Dartmoor, Devon, England. ""Philip (Mark Lester) is a troubled 10-year-old boy who has been fleeing the confines of his family's home since babyhood. Like some wild animal, Philip refuses to be penned up. Even more frustrating for his devoted mother and more irritable father, Philip has refused to speak since the age of three. Run"
"of the tormented and mercurial Nathan opposite Meryl Streep. Streep won an Academy Award for her performance in the film. Kline was nominated for a 1983 Golden Globe award (New Star of the Year) and BAFTA Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer To Film. During the 1980s and early 1990s, Kline made several films with director Lawrence Kasdan, including ""The Big Chill"", ""Silverado"", ""Grand Canyon"", ""I Love You to Death"", and ""French Kiss"". He played Donald Woods in Richard Attenborough's ""Cry Freedom"" opposite Denzel Washington about the friendship between Activist Stephen Biko and editor Donald Woods. In 1989, Kline won an"
"award for her film work. Dudes (film) Dudes is a 1987 American independent film directed by Penelope Spheeris, written by Randall Jahnson, and starring Jon Cryer, Catherine Mary Stewart, Daniel Roebuck, and Lee Ving. A Western revenge story in a contemporary setting, its plot concerns three punk rockers from New York City who attempt to make their way to California. When one of them is murdered by a vicious gang leader, the other two, played by Cryer and Roebuck, find themselves fish out of water as they pursue the murderer from Arizona to Montana, assisted by a tow truck driver"
"a child. Kathy stated that Wood's transvestism was not a sexual inclination, but rather a neomaternal comfort derived mainly from angora fabric (angora is featured in many of Wood's films). Even in his later years, Wood was not shy about going out in public dressed in drag as Shirley, his female alter ego (who also appeared in many of his screenplays and stories). By 1978, Wood's depression had worsened, and he and his wife Kathy had both become alcoholics. They were evicted from their Hollywood apartment on Yucca Street on Thursday, December 7, 1978 in total poverty. The couple moved"
"the crime corresponded to details in ""The Day the Children Vanished"", a story by Hugh Pentecost that was published in ""Alfred Hitchcock's Daring Detectives"" (1969). A copy of this book was in the Chowchilla public library, and police theorized that it had inspired the kidnappers. All three were sentenced to life in prison. Richard Schoenfeld was released in 2012. James Schoenfeld was paroled August 7, 2015. Frederick Woods was denied parole on November 19, 2015 because he continued to minimize his crime and had disciplinary infractions, including ""three for possession of pornography...and two for possessing contraband cellphones."" He will not"
"Donald Pleasence Donald Henry Pleasence, OBE (; 5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) was an English actor. His most notable film roles include psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis in ""Halloween"" (1978) and four of its sequels, the villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film ""You Only Live Twice"" (1967), RAF Flight Lieutenant Colin Blythe in ""The Great Escape"" (1963), SEN 5241 in ""THX 1138"" (1971), Clarence ""Doc"" Tydon in ""Wake in Fright"" (1971), and the President of the United States in ""Escape from New York"" (1981). Pleasence was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, the son of Alice (née"
"vacuum retailer and handyman. He lived most of his life, when not incarcerated, in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1955, Edwards escaped from a jail in Akron and drifted around the country, robbing gas stations when he needed money. He wrote that he never disguised his appearance during crimes because he wanted to be famous. His name was placed on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list in 1961. He was eventually imprisoned in Leavenworth, from which he was paroled in 1967. He claimed that as the result of the influence of a benevolent guard at Leavenworth, he reformed and married, and became"
"The Great Escape (film) The Great Escape is a 1963 American World War II epic film that depicts an escape by British Commonwealth prisoners of war from a German POW camp. The film stars Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Richard Attenborough and features James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, and Hannes Messemer. It was filmed in Panavision. The film is based on Paul Brickhill's 1950 book of the same name, a non-fiction first-hand account of the mass escape from Stalag Luft III in Sagan (now Żagań, Poland), in the province of Lower Silesia, Nazi Germany. A heavily fictionalised"
"Island served as a prison. The film ""Escape from Alcatraz"" (1979) stars Clint Eastwood, Fred Ward, and Jack Thibeau as Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin, respectively. West (fictionalized as a character named Charley Butts) was played by Larry Hankin. The escape was shown in a two-part 1980 TV movie made by Telepictures Corporation (now owned by Warner Bros.): """", which starred Ed Lauter as Morris, and Louis Giambalvo and Antony Ponzini as the Anglins. ""Terror on Alcatraz"" (1987) starring Aldo Ray as Morris, returning decades later to the scene of his escape from Alcatraz, scours his old prison cell"
"Hideout (film) Hideout is a 1949 American thriller film directed by Philip Ford and written by John K. Butler. The film stars Lloyd Bridges, Lorna Gray, Ray Collins, Sheila Ryan, Chick Chandler and Jeff Corey. The film was released on March 8, 1949, by Republic Pictures. A couple of thieves, Beecham and Evans, rob a Chicago socialite's diamond necklace. They give it to the man they're working for, Arthur Burdette, who promptly double-crosses them. A diamond expert who examines the necklace is then found dead. Burdette slips away to a small Iowa town under an assumed name. When he hears"
"juror cited concern that Dallas was acting in self-defense when he shot Pogue. Judge Edward Lodge sentenced Dallas to 30 years, the maximum for this offense. He lost an appeal to the state supreme court in 1985. Dallas escaped from the Idaho State Correctional Institution east of Kuna in March 1986 and was on the run for almost a year. His escape enlarged the legend that he was a nomadic trapper whose life conflicted with the government. Dallas was captured outside a 7-Eleven convenience store in Riverside, California, in March 1987. Following his 1987 trial, he was placed in prisons"
"adult roles."" The Time Out Film Guide called the film ""predictable, slackly plotted nonsense, marginally redeemed by a genial young cast."" Hiding Out Hiding Out is a 1987 American comedy-drama film starring Jon Cryer as a state's witness who is forced to disguise himself as a high school student in order to avoid being killed by the mob. Revealed shortly into the movie, Andrew Morenski (Cryer) and two others, all stockbrokers, have managed to pass bogus bonds for a mobster awaiting trial. After an evening out at a bar, one of the stockbrokers is killed in his home. The next"
"excellent jumps"". Author Mark Hinchliff of ""Motorbike Writer"" ranks the chase in ""Escape to Athena"" as 3rd, only after those in ""The Great Escape"" (1st) and ""Skyfall"" (2nd). Escape to Athena Escape to Athena is a 1979 British war adventure film directed by George P. Cosmatos. It stars Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Stefanie Powers, Claudia Cardinale, Richard Roundtree, Sonny Bono and Elliott Gould. The film is set during the Second World War on a German-occupied Greek island. The music was composed by Lalo Schifrin. According to the credits, it was filmed on the island of Rhodes. In 1944,"
"the Atlantic Ocean where the USS ""Cambridge"" of the Union blockade picked them up as contraband. Prior to the escape, Gould had been working as a plasterer at an antebellum mansion (now named the Bellamy Mansion) in Wilmington, North Carolina. At the time of his escape he appears to have been owned by Nicholas Nixon, a peanut planter and slave owner in Wilmington. After his escape, Gould joined the U.S. Navy and believed he was ""defending the holiest of all causes, Liberty and Union."" Beginning with his time on the ""Cambridge"" and continuing through his discharge at the end of"
"Watson (25) from Seymour Hill, Dunmurry, were captured by the army patrol and subsequently jailed. All three were members of the South Belfast UDA. Smallwoods was the driver of the getaway car. She twice failed, in February and November 1982, in attempts to be elected to the Dublin North-Central constituency of Dáil Éireann. In 2003 she was barred from entering the United States and deported on the grounds that the United States Department of State had declared her to pose ""a serious threat to the security of the United States"" — apparently referring to her conviction for incitement to riot"
"The Freedom Trap The Freedom Trap is a novel written by English author Desmond Bagley, and was first published in 1971 with a cover by Norman Weaver. It was loosely based on the escape of George Blake from prison five years before. In 1973 it was made into a film entitled ""The Mackintosh Man"", starring Paul Newman. Joseph Rearden is a better-than-average crook from South Africa with a jail conviction on his record. In London, he meets an agent of the British Government called Mackintosh, who recruits him for a new and deadly assignment - to snare The Scarperers (a"